Death Sleep and the Traveler

Name: Death Sleep and the Traveler
Author: John Hawkes

by John Hawkes

Haunting exploration of death, dreams, and consciousness through surreal tableaux

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John Hawkes

John Hawkes was a darkly lyrical experimental novelist who dispensed with plot, character, and theme in favor of dreamlike texture and nightmare imagery. His work influenced American fiction toward the fabulist and the surreal.

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